In the new Barbie film, the doll's creator Ruth Handler plays a crucial ... At one point, she makes a quip about her real-life run-in with the law – in 1978, she had to resign from Mattel ...

In the interview, Barbara Handler said she became obsessed with the doll, especially since unlike the paper dolls she loved playing with, Lilli was three-dimensional and came with clothes.

Inside, the book begins with a brief overview of Zelda's life before presenting ... as recalling one of her paper dolls having an outfit with "ruffles of real lace cut from a Belgian handkerchief." ...